Onychomycosis and Tinea Pedis in Athletes from the State of Rio Grande Do Sul (Brazil): A Cross-Sectional Study

Mycopathologia

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Sabadin, Clarice Saggin ^a   Benvegnú, Sérgio Augusto ^b   da Fontoura, Mara Mary Carvalho ^b   Saggin, Ligia Maria Fernandes ^c   Tomimori, Jane ^a   Fischman, Olga ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital do Trauma   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Athletes; Dermatophytes; Onychomycosis; Superficial mycosis; Tinea pedis; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BRAZIL; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOT DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; TINEA PEDIS; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 79751534196     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-010-9360-z     Document Type: Article

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